Barcelona Rumors & News

Heavy "Barcelona lost midfielder Sergio Busquets to a head injury during Saturday’s 0-0 La Liga draw with Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou. The 32-year-old was taken off after 31 minutes and replaced by Ilaix Moriba. Busquets sustained the injury in a challenge with Stefan Savic..." May 08

Pro Soccer Talk "Sergio Aguero will be a wanted man this summer and it appears Barcelona have made their move for the Argentine superstar. Aguero, 32, is a free agent in July and will leave Manchester City after 10 glittering seasons at the Etihad Stadium. Per the report, Aguero has shown..." May 06

Barca Blaugranes "Barcelona center-back Ronald Araujo appears to have attracted the interest of Premier League side Everton who are believed to be after a defender this summer. Fabrizio Romano reckons the Toffees are keen but there’s no chance at all the Catalan giants will let the..." May 05

Barca Blaugranes "Lionel Messi’s future keeps on making headlines with the latest update suggesting the Argentine will sign on for another two years at the Camp Nou. According to ESPN Argentina, Messi is close to penning an extension until 2023 and Barcelona will also do all they can to try..." May 04

Barca Blaugranes "Erling Haaland’s agent Mino Raiola has given an extensive interview to talk about the Borussia Dortmund striker’s future amid intense speculation he will move this summer. Barcelona are one of several clubs being linked with a move for the prolific youngster,..." May 02

Heavy "Barcelona has reportedly made “first contact” with Paris Saint-Germain regarding a possible summer move for former forward Neymar who has emerged as president Joan Laporta’s top transfer target. Speculation regarding a Camp Nou return for Neymar has ramped up in..." May 01

Eurosport "Lionel Messi will sign a new contract at Barcelona on reduced terms as long as the club show ambition in the transfer market. The six-time Ballon d’Or winner has told president Joan Laporta that he is willing to renew his contract at reduced terms. The..." May 01

Barca Blaugranes "Sigh. Here we are again folks. According to a ‘report’ Barcelona are still trying to get our old pal Neymar back. This will come as no surprise to some of you who’ve been Barca fans for at least a few years. Rinse and repeat. Barca will probably keep trying to..." April 28

LiverPool Offside "From James Rodriguez to Yerry Mina to Gerard Deulofeu, Everton have in recent years become a landing spot for players who can’t quite cut it with Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona. Now, they could be set to add Philippe Coutinho to that..." April 27

Metro "Pep Guardiola caught many by surprise after Manchester City’s Carabao Cup final victory over Tottenham as he announced that Eric Garcia is set to join Barcelona on a free transfer. Garcia has made just two starts in the Premier League this season and was left out of..." April 26

Barca Blaugranes "Barcelona are reportedly keen to offer a new and improved contract to teenage forward Ansu Fati that runs until 2026. The youngster’s current deal expires in 2022, with the option for two more, but Barca don’t want to take any chances and are keen to secure his long-term..." April 25

MSN.com "Barcelona reportedly want £52million for Ousmane Dembele, with the France forward out of contract next summer and yet to agree new terms.  Barca representatives met with Dembele's agent two weeks ago to try and thrash out the terms on extending his stay..." April 24

ESPN "Joan Laporta is working on a three-year contract to offer to Lionel Messi in an attempt to persuade him to stay at Barcelona, sources have confirmed to ESPN. The Barca president is aware the club can no longer afford to pay Messi what he is earning at the moment --..." April 23

CBS Sports "La Liga president Javier Tebas says Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will not face sanctions for their attempt to break away with the Super League, a competition he pronounced "dead" even as two of the Spanish clubs offer some indication they hope to save the..." April 23

Barca Blaugranes "Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero is reportedly “very close” to agreeing a move to Barcelona once his contract with the Premier League leaders expires in the summer. There have been “intense negotiations” between Barca and Aguero in recent days with the..." April 20

New York Times "A dozen of the world’s richest and most storied soccer clubs on Sunday announced that they had formed a breakaway European club competition that would, if it comes to fruition, upend the structures, economics and relationships that have bound global soccer for nearly a..." April 19

CNN "The group of people had lined up and were waiting patiently to have their photos taken with Lionel Messi -- but these weren't fans, they were the Argentine's Barcelona teammates. One by one, members of the squad took it in turns to pose alongside Messi and the Copa..." April 18

Barca Blaugranes "Óscar Mingueza has enjoyed a breakout season with the Barcelona first team and his performances will be rewarded with a contract extension until 2023, according to a report from Diario SPORT. Barça had until the end of May to activate an automatic extension..." April 14

Yardbarker "Real Madrid toppled rivals Barcelona 2-1 on Saturday and are just one point behind La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid in the title race.  According to business magazine Forbes, however, Barcelona jumped ahead of Real Madrid and are now the world's most valuable..." April 12

Barca Blaugranes "Ousmane Dembele has been talking about his future and admits he feels good at the club but has yet to open contract talks with Barcelona over a new deal. There’s plenty of speculation about Dembele’s future currently with the forward out of contract in 2022 and yet to..." April 12

Yardbarker "Veteran big man Pau Gasol won two NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers but hadn't played a competitive game since March 2019. Gasol officially completed his return to Barcelona, where he made his pro debut more than two decades ago, by taking the court for Friday's..." April 10

Heavy "Barcelona is reportedly willing to sell as many as nine first-team players this summer in order to ease the club’s financial pressures and make room for new signings. The Catalan giants reported debts of over $1.5 billion earlier this season and must..." April 08

Bavarian Football Works "When last we heard from former Bayern Munich midfielder Philippe Coutinho, he left the FC Barcelona campus and went back to Brazil for medical treatment. Per AS, Coutinho underwent surgery for a meniscal cyst in his left knee. The procedure was deemed..." April 07

Barca Blaugranes "Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman says he hopes Ousmane Dembele stays at the Camp Nou after seeing the Frenchman score a crucial late winner against Real Valladolid on Monday night in La Liga. Dembele pounced from close range in the 90th minute to net the only goal of the game against..." April 06

Barca Blaugranes "It’s been a while since we had a Neymar back to Barcelona rumor to talk about but, fear not, speculation about the Brazilian heading back to the Camp Nou is back again for another transfer window. Xavi Hernandez at Diario ARA is reporting Neymar has called a halt..." April 04

Metro "Barcelona could end their pursuit of Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum and instead hand starlet Ilaix Moriba a key role in the side next season. Wijnaldum is in the final months of his contract on Merseyside and will be free to join another club on a free transfer club this summer...." April 03

The Score "Barcelona have emerged as surprise contenders for Erling Haaland's signature. The Spanish giants hosted a two-and-a-half-hour meeting between the Borussia Dortmund striker's agent, Mino Raiola, his father, Alf-Inge, Barca president Joan Laporta, and the..." April 01

Barca Blaugranes "David Alaba’s agent, Pini Zahavi, has claimed that the Bayern Munich man has yet to make a decision on his future and where he will play his football next season. The Austria international has already confirmed he’ll be leaving Bayern when his contract expires..." March 29

Bavarian Football Works "Last week during the hoopla surrounding the start of FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Joachim Löw dropped a little nugget that he was learning Spanish amid all of the other quotes and information that was released over the course of several days. While it might not have..." March 28

Barca Blaugranes "Barcelona are reportedly ready to offer contract extensions to Ousmane Dembele, Ilaix Moriba, and Oscar Mingueza as the club looks to the future. The club has decided that renewing all three players is now a priority and is hoping to have everything signed, sealed and delivered in the..." March 28

ESPN "Erling Haaland's transfer fee this summer has been set by Borussia Dortmund, sources told ESPN, with interested clubs needing €180 million in order to land one of the most sought after players in world football. Haaland has been a revelation in Germany, scoring 49 goals..." March 27

Barca Blaugranes "Two of Ronald Koeman’s expected summer transfer players are apparently nearing official signing status. The Dutch duo, Memphis Depay and Georginio Wijnaldum, are reportedly set to join the club on free transfers this summer. These would be pretty important signings for..." March 26

Barca Blaugranes "Oscar Mingueza has been talking about his future and says he hope he can stay at Barcelona past the end of this summer when his contract expires. The 21-year-old has been one of the surprises of the season at the Camp Nou after being called up to the first team and has enjoyed regular..." March 23

ESPN "Inter Miami CF co-owner David Beckham said the Major League Soccer club remains intent on signing global stars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, or Neymar. Speaking exclusively to ESPN's Taylor Twellman, the ex-Manchester..." March 22

LiverPool Offside "If Gini Wijnaldum knows where his future lies, he isn’t telling, even if with just months left in his Liverpool contract the assumption is that the veteran Dutch midfielder will be moving on at the end of the 2020-21 season. Briefly, though, there appeared the possibility..." March 21

Barca Blaugranes "Wijnaldum agrees pre-contract Today’s rumors start with news that Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum is leaving Anfield on a free at the end of the season and will join Barcelona. The Sunday Times report the Dutch midfielder “has agreed a..." March 21

Sport Witness "Joan Laporta appears to have shaken the hand of half of Catalonia this week, as he eases his way into being Barcelona’s new president. Thursday saw him receive the financial guarantees necessary to make his appointment official, however, there were later claims that those..." March 20

Barca Blaugranes "It’s safe to say that despite Ronald Koeman’s current level of comfort at Barcelona, that it could flip on its head at any point. When, not if things go slightly sour between Koeman and Barcelona, there is a name that will immediately hit the papers and online..." March 19

ESPN "La Liga has denied that it threatened to relegate Barcelona to the second division if it swore a new president before depositing the required €125m bank guarantee. Barcelona presidential candidate, Toni Freixa, claimed on Thursday that he and the two other presidential..." March 18

We Ain't Got No History "Chelsea’s primary target to reinforce the centre forward position in the summer is certainly the one-and-only Erling Braut Haaland, but obviously the club will keep a alternative targets in mind in the unlikely event that a move for the Norway international falls through...." March 18

Barca Blaugranes "Of all the offseason items that are up in the air, one of them that seems to be certain is that Junior Firpo won’t be at Barcelona come the start of the 2021/22 campaign. The left-back hasn’t been seen as all that vital in Ronald Koeman’s rotation and a replacement is..." March 18

Barca Blaugranes "Paris Saint-Germain’s biggest stars are part of a campaign to bring Lionel Messi to Ligue 1. It’s no surprise that his former FC Barcelona teammate, Neymar, is said to be sending WhatsApp messages all the time to try to get the Argentine to join..." March 17

LiverPool Offside "After a solid if unspectacular first season as a senior player at Inter Milan last year, 21-year-old centre half Alessandro Bastoni has established himself as a matchday mainstay this season as I Nerazzurri march towards their first Serie A title since 2009-10. As..." March 17

Barca Blaugranes "Ilaix Moriba’s father has given an interview to Diario Sport where he’s been talking about his son’s future and how he hopes he can spend the rest of his career at Barcelona. There’s been a bit of speculation about Ilaix in the last week or so since he made..." March 14

We Ain't Got No History "Barcelona are in the middle of one the worst turmoils of their storied history, with the club’s debts standing close to €1.2 billion and their sporting performances a far cry from their glory days.  Recently elected club president, Joan Laporta certainly has his work..." March 14

Heavy "Ansu Fati is slowly closing in on a return to first-team action at Barcelona. The 18-year-old has been sidelined since undergoing knee surgery in November and was originally ruled out for four months. The forward’s recovery has been slower than expected but is now..." March 13

Barca Blaugranes "Paris Saint-Germain’s board of directors is “very confident” that the club is in pole position to acquire the services of Barcelona captain Lionel Messi on a free transfer this summer, according to a report from Brazilian journalist Marcelo Bechler. Bechler’s..." March 12

CBS Sports "The year was 2005: Neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo had even played in a FIFA World Cup. George W. Bush was in the the beginning of his second term as president of the United States, YouTube was just founded and the world was dealing with a differently deadly virus -- the bird flu...." March 11

Bavarian Football Works "Long-term Bayern Munich defender David Alaba will leave the Bavarian club at the end of this season. The fact that Bayern and Alaba didn’t reach an agreement for a contract extension was well documented, as the Austrian stated publicly that he is going to leave his boyhood club...." March 10

Barca Blaugranes "Newly crowned Barcelona president Joan Laporta hasn’t wasted any time in making David Alaba a priority. The Bayern defender announced that he was leaving the German giants at the season’s end, and will no doubt have his choice of club to end up..." March 08